Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at Baptist Health Paducah
2501 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY · Baptisthealth · · NPI 1730264128
$143.36
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$191.14
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$4.57 with ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO vs $77.76 with PASSPORT MCR/MCAID — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | ANTHEM BLUE ACCESS PPO | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | ANTHEM BLUE PREF HMO | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | HEALTHLINK-ALL PLANS | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM PATH HPN | ANTHEM PATH HPN | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM PATH HMO | ANTHEM PATH HMO | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | ANTHEM BLUE TRAD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.57 | ↓ -97% |
| ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | ALLIANCE COAL - ALL PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER-ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | AETNA BETTER HLTH MCAID | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA MCAID | HUMANA MCAID | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | CARESOURCE-ALL PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | MOLINA MCAID - ALL PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | SIGNATURE ADV - ALL PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| UHC MCAID | UHC MCAID | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | WELLCARE MCAID - ALL PLANS | $5.39 | ↓ -96% |
| ANTHEM MCR ADV | ANTHEM MCR ADV | $5.42 | ↓ -96% |
| HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | HUMANA MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.66 | ↓ -96% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | AMBETTER/WCARE IND MRKT | $10.38 | ↓ -93% |
| AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | AMBETTER/WCARE DIRECT IND - ALL OTHER PLANS | $10.38 | ↓ -93% |
| ANTHEM BHS1 | ANTHEM BHS1 | $19.15 | ↓ -87% |
| MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN-ALL PLANS | $24.88 | ↓ -83% |
| ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | ADVANCED MED -ALL PLANS | $27.99 | ↓ -80% |
| CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | CENTER CARE - ALL PLANS | $28.58 | ↓ -80% |
| PHCS-ALL PLANS | PHCS-ALL PLANS | $28.93 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA-ALL OTHER PLANS | $28.93 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA - ALL PLANS | CIGNA - ALL PLANS | $34.06 | ↓ -76% |
| SIHO-ALL PLANS | SIHO-ALL PLANS | $54.43 | ↓ -62% |
| PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | PASSPORT MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $77.76 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA MCR ADV | AETNA MCR ADV | $77.76 | ↓ -46% |
| PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | PASSPORT MCR/MCAID | $77.76 | ↓ -46% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Kentucky hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | $70.80 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | $50.62 | $4.57 – $95.55 |
| Marcum Wallace Hospital | Irvine | $43.20 | not published |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mt. Sterling | $35.55 | $4.57 – $88.27 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London | London | $43.54 | $4.57 – $111.02 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East | Lexington | $52.62 | $4.57 – $119.21 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | $61.72 | $4.57 – $119.21 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | $45.40 | $4.57 – $97.37 |